Trump could end up taking money from Puerto Rico disaster funds to build his border wall

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President Donald Trump was reportedly briefed on a proposal that would divert $13.9 billion from civil works projects, including reconstruction efforts in Puerto Rico, to build a barrier on the US-Mexico border.
The funds from the Army Corps of Engineers had not yet been distributed, but with a national emergency declaration, Trump would reportedly be able to tap into the funds and spend it on a border wall.
The emergency plan would reportedly allow Trump to utilize the $2.4 billion and $2.5 billion set aside for civil projects ranging from flood prevention in California, to...Read more ...

Trump posed with Border Patrol. In the meantime, 2 agents are suing the government over the shutdown

President Donald Trump posed with Border Patrol agents during his Thursday visit to the US-Mexico border in Texas.
On Wednesday, the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents employees ad federal agencies including Customs and Border Protection, filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the partial government shutdown.
Two plaintiffs are Customs and Border Protection officers.
"The FLSA guarantees, for employees falling within its coverage, the on-time payment of any minimum wage and overtime wages earned," the lawsuit claims. "If those wages are earned, but not paid...Read more ...

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President Donald Trump took a jab at CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta after Acosta posted a video of himself scrutinizing the president's characterization of a "crisis" at the US-Mexico border.
Acosta, who was at McAllen, Texas, where Trump toured the border with Mexico on Thursday, said in his video that he did not "see anything resembling a national emergency situation."
"Dear Diary...," Trump said in a tweet that replied to Acosta's video.
President Donald Trump took a jab at CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta after he posted a video of himself...Read more ...